Waffle House

Where does one dine after winning a green jacket? For two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, the answer was simple: Waffle House. Watson, a Southerner from Bagdad, Fla., chose the popular breakfast chain for a late-night feast after besting 20-year-old Jordan Spieth and the rest of the field Sunday at nearby Augusta National Golf Club. Watson fired a final-round 68 Sunday to finish at 8-under for the tournament, three strokes better than Spieth and Jonas Blixt. Trailing...

Where does one dine after winning a green jacket? For two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, the answer was simple: Waffle House. Watson, a Southerner from Bagdad, Fla., chose the popular breakfast chain for a late-night feast after besting 20-year-old Jordan Spieth and the rest of the field Sunday at nearby Augusta National Golf Club. Watson fired a final-round 68 Sunday to finish at 8-under for the tournament, three strokes better than Spieth and Jonas Blixt. Trailing...

(Reuters) - A Georgia woman has accused the chairman of the Waffle House restaurant chain of sexually harassing her for close to a decade while working as his personal aide and housekeeper. The allegations against Joseph Rogers Jr were detailed in a police incident report published online on Friday by the Marietta Daily Journal. The Atlanta police report, dated September 28, 2012, included lurid accusations of repeated sexual harassment from 2003, when the...

(Reuters) - The chairman of the Waffle House restaurant chain acknowledged he had consensual sexual encounters with a former housekeeper, but said she was now falsely accusing him of sexual harassment for her own financial gain. "I am a victim of my own stupidity, but I am not going to be a victim of a crime - extortion," Joe Rogers Jr. said in a statement provided by his attorney on Wednesday. A Georgia woman filed a police report in late September...

(Reuters) - The chairman of the Waffle House restaurant chain acknowledged he had consensual sexual encounters with a former housekeeper, but said she was now falsely accusing him of sexual harassment for her own financial gain. "I am a victim of my own stupidity, but I am not going to be a victim of a crime - extortion," Joe Rogers Jr. said in a statement provided by his attorney on Wednesday. A Georgia woman filed a police report in late September...

By Basil Katz Nov 9 (Reuters) - A Georgia woman has accused the chairman of the Waffle House restaurant chain of sexually harassing her for close to a decade while working as his personal aide and housekeeper. The allegations against Joseph Rogers Jr were detailed in a police incident report published online on Friday by the Marietta Daily Journal. The Atlanta police report, dated Sept. 28, 2012, included lurid accusations of repeated sexual...

Kid Rock caused another scene at a Waffle House -- this time, for charity. The entertainer came to sign autographs for hundreds of fans during a fundraiser at the suburban Atlanta eatery. The event came just a week after he pleaded not guilty to battery from a fight last fall at another Waffle House. Waffle House spokeswoman Kelly Thrasher said the company wanted to "take a negative situation and turn it into a positive situation." Proceeds were to go to Nicholas House, a homeless...

The Sports Xchange By Tom LaMarre, The Sports Xchange Inside the Ropes: Watson returns this week at New Orleans event Bubba Watson will come back down to earth this week, with touchdown set for TPC Louisiana. The Masters champion has learned to change diapers, spoken on the phone with President Obama, rubbed elbows with Tim Tebow and charmed America with his down home candor on almost every talk show in existence since winning the Green Jacket....

The names are legendary, though depending on where you live, potentially unrecognizable. The food is quick and occasionally questionable — unless, of course, you grew up eating it. In which case, again, the names are legendary. Culver's. Chicken in the Rough. Waffle House. Biscuitville. Firehouse Subs. Taco Cabana. Honey Dew Donuts. Giordano's. The world of casual-quick-serve-fast-food establishments is long and without end, an infinite array of colorful logos and cheerless teenage labor.

The names are legendary, though depending on where you live, potentially unrecognizable. The food is quick and occasionally questionable — unless, of course, you grew up eating it. In which case, again, the names are legendary. Culver's. Chicken in the Rough. Waffle House. Biscuitville. Firehouse Subs. Taco Cabana. Honey Dew Donuts. Giordano's. The world of casual-quick-serve-fast-food establishments is long and without end, an infinite array of colorful logos and cheerless teenage labor.

Kid Rock was arrested early Sunday after a brawl at a Waffle House and spent about 12 hours in jail before being released, police said. The musician stopped at the Waffle House restaurant shortly after 5 a.m. after his performance at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, authorities said. "He and five members of his entourage were involved in a fight with a male customer inside the Waffle House," said Mekka Parish, a spokeswoman for the DeKalb County Police Department. The customer recognized...

A former Waffle House waitress who won a $10 million jackpot after being given a lottery ticket as a tip was ordered Tuesday to share the money with four co-workers. A jury took 45 minutes to decide against Tonda Dickerson, 28, who denied she had agreed to split any winnings. Her lawyer described the co-workers as rats coming out of the woodwork. The four co-workers had also received lottery tickets as tips and testified that they and Dickerson had a share-the-wealth plan.

Under the weather Janet Jackson has dropped out of her upcoming "Saturday Night Live" performance because she has the flu, her rep said Tuesday. "Janet did go to the hospital last night due to the fact she's been suffering from this flu that's kicked a lot of people's behinds," the rep told The Associated Press. "She was never admitted and she is fine." Get out of jail After some brief confusion about his status, it can be confirmed that rapper The Game is indeed a free man. News outlets reported that he...

Under the weather Janet Jackson has dropped out of her upcoming "Saturday Night Live" performance because she has the flu, her rep said Tuesday. "Janet did go to the hospital last night due to the fact she's been suffering from this flu that's kicked a lot of people's behinds," the rep told The Associated Press. "She was never admitted and she is fine." Get out of jail After some brief confusion about his status, it can be confirmed that rapper The Game is indeed a free man. News outlets reported that he...

Kid Rock caused another scene at a Waffle House -- this time, for charity. The entertainer came to sign autographs for hundreds of fans during a fundraiser at the suburban Atlanta eatery. The event came just a week after he pleaded not guilty to battery from a fight last fall at another Waffle House. Waffle House spokeswoman Kelly Thrasher said the company wanted to "take a negative situation and turn it into a positive situation." Proceeds were to go to Nicholas House, a homeless...

Following up on its ruling that employers can force workers to resolve job disputes through arbitration, the Supreme Court agreed last week to decide if federal anti-discrimination enforcers can still try to win money or other damages for employees covered by arbitration agreements. Sometime next fall, the court will hear the case of a South Carolina restaurant worker, Eric Scott Baker, who has a seizure disorder. After he had a seizure at work in 1994, Baker's boss at the West Columbia, W.Va.